CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Cristina Flutur
Film Review: ‘Beyond the Hills’ Entraps Audience in Claustrophobic Nightmare
Submitted by mattmovieman on March 14, 2013 - 2:54pmCHICAGO – There is an excellent 90-minute film hidden somewhere within the two-and-a-half-hour ordeal that is Cristian Mungiu’s “Beyond the Hills.” It’s far from a bad film, and offers many sequences of entrancing power, but simply doesn’t have enough material to justify its sprawling running time. Instead of probing deeper, the picture merely becomes repetitive.
Interview: Cristian Mungiu Stages Last Exorcism in ‘Beyond the Hills’
Submitted by mattmovieman on March 12, 2013 - 10:03amCHICAGO – Five years after revitalizing the Romanian film industry with his 2007 Palme d’Or winner, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” filmmaker Cristian Mungiu returned to the Cannes Film Festival with his eagerly awaited follow-up, “Beyond the Hills.” Mungiu won the screenplay prize while his leading ladies, newcomers Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur, each received acting accolades.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to Double Cannes Winner ‘Beyond the Hills’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 6, 2013 - 12:07amCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of double Cannes Film Festival winner “Beyond the Hills” from the director of “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”!